Coin-holding post-card.



S. B. BEDINGER.

com HOLDING POST CARD. APPLICATION HLED'JUNE 5. 1914.

1,168,592. Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

STAMP Pos'r GAR D INVENTOR S. B.ED1N0ER.

ATTORNEYS THE COLUMBIA FLANDORAFH $0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED rATENT caries.

sinenn'ronn. BEDINGER, or ronr WORTH, TEXAS.

To all whom it may concern. h s

Be it known that I, SINGLETON' B. Beninenn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort "Worth, in. the county of- Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Holding Post-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to anew and useful coin holding post-card, and its object is to provide a. post-card that willserve to safely transmit a. number of coins through the mails. 1 I

Another object is tojprovide a'coinholding post-card, which canbemade toreceive a number of coins one at'a time'as they are saved, the coins being held by a; retainer so constructed that they can not'be re, moved (without destroying the retainer) except by the use of special tools Finally, it is the object of my invention to provide a de-vice off the character 'described, that will be strong, durable, simple and efficient and comparatively easy to con struct.

With these and various other objects in view, my invention has relationto certain novel features of the construction and use,

x2111 "example of which is udescribed in the following specification and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the front of my novel coin holding post-card. Fig. 2

is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken upon the line ww of.

Fig. 1. F ig. 4 is a. fragmentary sectional view taken upon the line y-y of Fig. ,1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts in all the figures, the numeral 1 denotes a post-card, which upon the front of one end portion is lined to receive an address, the back of said portion being embellished with some design or advertisement, as for example a calendar and name of a. firm illustrated in Fig. 2.

In the other end portion of thecard 1, there is formed a circular series of coin receiving orifices 1, each proportioned to receive one or more coins of a. certain denomination as a nickel or dime. The orificed end of the card 1 is inclosed by the rectangular sheet metal plate 2 and a circular sheet metal plate 3, said pla-tesinclosing the rear and front faces ofthe card, and being fastened to the card and to each commtmm rosreonnn I s ecificat ons Iietters Patent. A ncaum filed J'une 5, 1914. Serial No. 843,189.

same as that of an orifice 1 semi-circular portiont the plate 3 is-apen,

Patented Jan. 18,1916

otherby a rivet 4 passing through the plate 2, card 1 and circular plate 3. The circular plate 3 is revoluble about the rivet 4, and hasan area sufficient to coverall of the orifices 1 m The plate2 is provided at its top bottom edges with flanges 5 which respectively inclose the corresponding edges of the card 1. Said plate is furthermore formed upon one of its lateral edges witha flange 6 inclosing the adjacent lateral edge of the card 1. Thus it is seen that the plate 2 embracesthe correlated end portion of the card 1 suificiently to maintain said portion of the card flat. The plate 3 is formed with a semi-circular portion 6 which is raisedabove the plane of plate3 to extend abovethe face of the card 1. The diameter of raised portion 6 is substantially the Opposite the tured as at 7 and into this aperture the pinwardly projecting spring tongue or wing 8 extends. l i h To introduce coinsinto theorifices 1 the portion 6 is first brought overan orifice l and a coin is passed over the tongue 8 and half way-through the aperture-7, thus bringing half of the coin beneath the portion 6 and withinthe' underlying orifices 1 The platef3 is then subjected to a slightrotation the reverse of clockwise, pressure being at the same time exerted upon the tongue 8 depressing the latter into the adjacent orifice. The coin being held stationary during this rotation, it will be free to completely enter the orifice 1 when the rotation of the plate 3 has removed the tongue 8 from beneath the coin. In Fig. 3 a coin 9 is shown disposed in one of the orifices 1*. By the same process a coin may be introduced into each of the orifices 1 After the coins are once disposed in the retainer constituted by my post card, they may not be removed until the plate 3 has been removed from the, rivet 4, unless the retainer is destroyed by bending up the edges of said plate 3. The bank or other firm to which the money is transmitted by my post-card may be provided with suitable tools for freeing the plate 3 from the correlated rivet so as to permit removal of the coins without destroying the retainer. 1

Th invention is presented as including all such modifications and changes as prop erly come within the scope of the following claims.

through the coin introduced into the orifice.

WhatI claim is: 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a post-card formed with an arifice proportioned to receive a coin, of metallic plates secured-to the" card at each side of the orifice covering the orifice, one of said plates being formed with'an aperture through which a coin may be introduced into the orifice. 2. Iniadevice-of-the character described,

the combination with a card formed withan 3. In, a device of the character described, the combination with a post-card formed with a series of orifices each proportioned to receive a coin and arranged inlthe arc of a circle, of metallic plates secured to the card at each facethereof, covering said orifices, one of saidp'lates being rotatable about a point coincident with the center of the circle of orifices, the rotatable, plate being formed with an aperture, disposed to. permit a coin to be introduced into any-orifice when said aperture is brought adjacent to said orifice by rotation of the plates.

at. In a device of the character described,

the combination. with a post-card formeda v with a series of orifices each proportioned to Copies of this patent pay bcobtai ned tor receive a coin, and arranged inthe arc of a circle, of metallic plates covering said orifices at each face ofthecard and secured to the card, one of said plates being rectangular and'having its top and bottom edges engaging the corresponding edges of the card, and theother plate being circular and revoluble abouta point coincident with the center of the series of orifices, the revoluble plate being formed with an aperture, through which a coin may be introduced into any orifice with which said aperture is made to communicate through rotation of the plates' s s v o '5. In a device of: thecharacter described, the combination with a card formedwith a series of orifices each proportioned to receive a coin, and arranged in the form of a circular arc, of metallic plates covering said orifices and secured to the card, oneof said plates being revoluble vabout a' point coincident with the center of the circle of orifices, the revoluble plate being formedwith an aperture,qthrough which a'coin' may beintroduced into any orifice with which said aperture is made to communicate by rotation of the plate, said aperture beingso formed that it will admit a coin into an orifice but will not permit the withdrawal of the coin. V

In vtestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of" two subscribing witnesses. o

SINGLETON B. BEDINGER. Witnesses:

GUY J. PRICE,

G. :H. Comma.

five cents each, by addressing the ffiommissipn er of Patentn. Washington, D. G. c I 

